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If you choose a direct purchase for the China source, you are asked to submit a Letter of Credit for payment purposes. Letters of Credit are documents that are prepared with the help of a bank that offers some kind of security to both the parties involved in the business. Fund transfer mostly takes place when the product you want to outsource is ready for shipment and once all the shipping documents are submitted to the bank. The only disadvantage is that it is a very lengthy and complicated process and it can bind your money for a long time.

On the other hand, China source outsourcing through third parties offer a comparatively better deal, as it provides support for negotiating the terms and conditions. The third party and the Import/Export Company of China share a good relationship with each other, and that is the main reason for providing best deals. For purpose of making payments of the purchases, the third parties are trusted a lot by the China source companies. The terms and conditions in this case may have some clause for a part of payment, before shipping of the product and the balance payment of goods are checked for quality.

The lowest labor cost and high literacy level among the workers make it a very successful outsourcing business destination. But the low quality of transportation and means of communication is the biggest negative for China source business. The continuous economical and political flux also affects the success of China source outsourcing business. This makes the interested foreign companies to investigate thoroughly about the companies, so that they can handle various the forthcoming problems related to the business.

After looking for the product it is very important to check out for the quality of the product because a bad quality product will surely lead to the failure of the sourced project. Make the China source outsourcing company clear about the quality you want for your product. The quality issues include finishing of the surface, tolerance abilities, quality standards and specifications for the required product. These issues must be clearly stated in the contract documents. China source companies mostly follow Statistical Process Control rather than the ISO 9000 quality standards. On-site monitoring is the best method to ensure that the quality standards are properly followed during the manufacturing of the product. On-site monitoring is very essential because of the negative attitude of the local people. Chinese people tend to deny that they are wrong. So it is very important that a third party is involved in the deal that can perform on-site inspection.